Author's Notes:

This is my first "Chapter Fanfic" That I have written, I hope you will enjoy and continue reading the new chapters I will be posting soon. c:

I have Chapter 2 done, but I want some construstive reviews so I know what to change in the next Chapter.
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I know Its' kinda short, but I promise to submit longer chapters here on out! n.n

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Chapter One— An Unusual Mission, Mission to the Sand!

It was a normal morning in Konoha,

The sun filtered through the open window and onto a bed. The preteen untangled himself from the sheets and sat up, rubbing his eyes sleepily.

He peered at himself in the mirror.

A black haired boy with wide eyes, bushy eyebrows and a lean body stared back, and sighed. He looked up hopefully; his hair ruffled from sleep. He slid off his bed and into his usual outfit; a green full piece jump suit and weights under his bright orange leg warmers. He gingerly picked up his forehead protector off of his night stand, and glanced downward at it.

The light shone off the highly polished metal and the dark blue clothe felt cool in his hands. He traced the engraving of a leaf with his finger and grinned.
He thrust his fist; clenching the headband tightly, into the sun light.

"Lee!"

Just then a pink haired girl flew into Lee's room, the window's curtains fluttering after her. Her breathing was labored and she had one of her hands clutched to her chest.

"S-Sakura-chan!" Lee yelled in surprise and impulsively held out his free hand to help her up, a slight blush creped up his face.

The Kounichi got up; completely engrossed in her thoughts, not noticing his hand, and brushed herself off.

Lee quickly retracted his hand.

Sakura, too busy to notice, began to speak.

"Lee-san, Lady Tsunade needs us now. Please hurry."

And as fast as she came, she left.
Lightly jumping out of the window, once again leaving only the curtains disturbed behind her. He nodded to the now gone Sakura, and blinked in thought. Then, with no other hesitation, Lee tied the forehead protector around his waist and sprinted out after her.

When He arrived at the Hokage's office he found 7 pairs of eyes' focused upon him. Lee turned automatically; facing Tsunade, who in response nodded her blond head directly at the nearest seat available. Lee sat down obediently between a still out of breath Sakura and an aggravated Naruto.
All eight people sat comfortably considering the space available. At the head of the room sat a sturdy wooden desk. Occupying this desk was the village's Hokage. An extremely powerful woman who's bad luck was some-what infamous, and whose breast were larger than a normal child's head. Lazy. A gambler. And yet, she filled the job well.
Her assistant stood beside the desk; holding a little pink pig, eying the six ninja in training who sat before herself and Lady Tsunade.

The Hokage lifted her chin ever-so-slightly and straightened the slouch, relaxed posture she had worn only seconds ago. Her eyes narrowed, then she began to speak in a sharp tone, demanding everyones' full attention.

"You six have been specially selected to deliver an important package to the Country of Sand."

Shizune sheepishly bent over Tsunade's shoulder; cutting into Tsunade's speech, whispering:

"You really didn't 'specially' select them did you? The ninja in this room are the only available at the time, right?"

Tsunade grumbled and waved her devious assistant back to standing. The girl chuckled. When the Hokage averted her brown eyes back to the six fifteen year-olds sitting in front of her, the tone she had used was twice as sharp than before she was interrupted.

"This is a 'C' grade mission in which all your specific ability's will have to be used to complete."
Shizune suppressed a giggle at these words, Tsunade in turn glared maliciously.

Right then, Naruto burst from his seat and stood fuming on his feet.

"WHY DO I HAVE TO DO SUCH A STUPID LOW CLASS MISSION?!" Naruto yelled.

The Hokage; already irritated enough snapped back:

"Because these 'stupid' missions help pay for the incredibly high costs on Ramen we've been having lately." --(She didn't mean this, she just wanted to get back at him, and it actually seems possible in Naruto's case XD)

The blond Ninja blinked, registering the remark, then opened his mouth to shout something obscene in return.

He was cut off by a quite voice coming from next to him.

"N-n..naruto-kun, m-maybe you should c-calm down-n..." Stuttered a young kounichi with silver eyes.

Naruto glanced at Hinata; slumped back into his seat, crossed his arms, and pouted. Sakura shook her pink head and buried it in her hands, her seat seemed to move a couple inches away from Naruto.

"Troublesome" could be heard several times, emitted from a dark haired boy sitting in the corner of the room. He held what looked like a map.
A blond girl sitting next to him; fists held high, hit the boy mercilessly on the head.

"Oi! Ino! What was that for?" he grumbled.

"Because your just as annoying as Naruto, Shikamaru!"

"..."

Tsunade cleared her throat, and everyone's attention snapped back onto the impatient Hokage.

"I assign you six; Naruto, Sakura, Lee, Hinata, Ino, and Shikamaru to this mission. Set out today with at least a week's worth of supplies. That is all, you are dismissed!" Tsunade exclaimed, excited at the idea of Naruto being gone for a week, or possibly longer.

"Hai!" replied all six ninja, bowed quickly and exited the room.

The teenagers left the room; Tsunade sighed.

"This may turn out interesting..." She muttered to Shizune.

Her assistant nodded, and chuckled.

It was going to be oh-so-much more than 'interesting' here on out;
nothing they packed would ever prepare them for what was going to happen on this mission.

---End Chapter One---

Chapter Note's:

I hope you have enjoyed the first chapter to this series c:

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I'll post the next chapter after a couple reviews, so get going XD

--Next Chapter: "Pre-Mission Encounters"